16 August 2011
Catatan Lelaki Tipikal di Hari Raya
04 August 2011
Faraway Places
11 July 2011
Daddy Cool
Every third Sunday in the month of June is dedicated to those who are called fathers. Though in my humble opinion, every day should be father’s day. Anyway, let me write something about my dear father.
Remember the letter about how he and my mom met my future wife. The ‘bahasa’ was as how a proper letter should be written. Full of ‘ayahanda’, ‘bonda’, ‘nenda’, ‘kekanda’ nomenclatures etc.
The last letter addressed to me when I was in the UK, "…di sini ayahanda ingin menyampaikan jemputan ke perkahwinan bekas kekasih anakanda …"
I also used to write post cards to him wherever new foreign countries that I went to during my studies as well in my business trips. He was very proud in receiving all the 30-odd postcards from European countries and the US. He even tracked the places I went in the world geographical map.
Yes Ayah, what’s more if they were beautiful girls. Ok, noted. I will try my best to cast down my eyes, promise you that. Or at least, I try lah ...
Imagine this, in black and white. Four gentlemen (one whom is my dad) in their black ties and cool sun shades posing in front of the Tugu Negara. As with many other young guys those days, Ayah also had a scooter. He used to take my mother (in her tight kebaya, I supposed) scootering around the town, maybe like in the movie Roman Holiday.
[al-Fatihah, my dear Ayah passed away peacefully on September 4th, 2014)
| Breakfast with Dad (few months before my Ayah passed away ...) |
11 July 2010
Syaaban
That, plus work commitment which forced me to participate in endless business lunches and dinners.
These somehow have an adverse effect on my body (my tummy specifically). I’m now beginning to look like a normal early/mid 40s. Though people swear (not kidding here) that I look like at least anything minus six to eight solar years.
Last few days when I measured my weight on those nice electronic weighing machine at the massage chairs outlets at the mall, showed mine at 77 kg. That is 5 kg above my normal reading. To make it more unpleasant, Jay’s weighed about 20 kilos less, that’s over 6 kilos extra. But then, electronics, they are known for what we call glitches, and not to be trusted whole heartedly.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. I saw Jay already started her Syaaban fasting and no heavy meal at night. Even (this is her routine) drinks strictly only to air suam.
Yeap, I’ll soon follow her.
22 March 2010
The Tale of Two Turks (as I was passing)
So, after more than two years I mentioned the country Turkmenistan in this very blog, finally I have the chance to set foot on it. But not before I passed Turkey first.
I took the MAS flight to Istanbul had to overnight there (this is planned) and off to Ashgabat using Turkish Airlines the next day.
- Beautiful ladies at the missing luggage centre at Atarturk Airport
- Someone kind enough to show me a nice & simple hotel (50 euro per night)
- The front desk office named Mohammed who speaks fluent Malay
- The friendly and philosophical US educated carpet seller in front of Blue Mosque
- The majestic Blue Mosque
- Aya Sofya
- Beyazit Mosque
- Elif and Merve, two sweet girls that interviewed me for their school project
- My PETRONAS friends
- Alex and Shakrat
- Guvlev
12 May 2009
Sulaiman the Magnificent
28 March 2009
Somewhere in Greater Tokyo
When I reached Narita Airport, I felt like I was really lost.
When I took the Japan Railway map, it looked more complicated that the London subway, with more than 2 dozen railway lines, each with different colour coding. But then, I was totally wrong. In fact, it was so damn easy. In fact, the whole system (Japanese system) is really piece of cake.
For example to get to Tokyo Disneyland, I have to take the Keiyo Line which stops at Maihama Station. From there, I proceed to Kichijoji Station via the same Keiyo Line to Tokyo Main Station (with more than six different train integrating to each other) and change to the famous Yamanote Line and onto Chuo Line to Kichijoji.
Things that I realised:
- The Japs are very trendy lot
- The train and busses are very efficient to the dot
- They are very friendly, trying to help even if they don’t know
- Most of them don’t speak English, or really very bad engrish
- The tv stations are crystal clear like blue-ray discs
- The internet is at lightning speed at gigabit per seconds
- I don’t see any Bangla or Indon around to do odd jobs, all by Japanese
- They know marayshia
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| Enjoying spring in Tokyo Disneyland |
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| The Tokyo Train Network |
22 March 2009
The Taj Mahal
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